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2008-04-17x86: prevent unconditional writes to DebugCtl MSRJan Beulich
Otherwise, enabling (or better, subsequent disabling) of single stepping would cause a kernel oops on CPUs not having this MSR. The patch could have been added a conditional to the MSR write in user_disable_single_step(), but centralizing the updates seems safer and (looking forward) better manageable. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Cc: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-04-03x86 ptrace: avoid unnecessary wrmsrRoland McGrath
This avoids using wrmsr on MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR when it's not needed. No wrmsr ever needs to be done if noone has ever used block stepping. Without this change, using ptrace on 2.6.25 on an x86 KVM guest will tickle KVM's missing support for the MSR and crash the guest kernel. Though host KVM is the buggy one, this makes for a regression in the guest behavior from 2.6.24->2.6.25 that we can easily avoid. I also corrected some bad whitespace. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-03-07x86: fix typo in step.cJan Beulich
TIF_DEBUGCTLMSR has no meaning in the actual MSR... Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
2008-01-30x86: remove last user of get_segment_eipHarvey Harrison
is_prefetch was the last user of get_segment_eip and only on X86_32. This function returned the faulting instruction's address and set the upper segment limit. Instead, use the convert_ip_to_linear helper and rely on probe_kernel_address to do the segment checks which was already done everywhere the segment limit was being checked on X86_32. Remove get_segment_eip as well. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: common x86_32|64 namingHarvey Harrison
Rename convert_rip_to_linear to convert_ip_to_linear for shared X86_32|64 use. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: use wrmsrl in kprobes.c, step.cHarvey Harrison
Where x86_32 passed zero in the high 32 bits, use wrmsrl which will zero extend for us. This allows ifdefs for 32/64 bit to be eliminated. Eliminate ifdef in step.c. Similar cleanup was done when unifying kprobes_32|64.c and wrmsr() was chosen there over wrmsrl(). This patch changes these to wrmsrl. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: move get_segment_eip() to step.cHarvey Harrison
get_segment_eip has similarities to convert_rip_to_linear(), and is used in a similar context. Move get_segment_eip to step.c to allow easier consolidation. Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison <harvey.harrison@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86, ptrace: support for branch trace store(BTS)Markus Metzger
Resend using different mail client Changes to the last version: - split implementation into two layers: ds/bts and ptrace - renamed TIF's - save/restore ds save area msr in __switch_to_xtra() - make block-stepping only look at BTF bit Signed-off-by: Markus Metzger <markus.t.metzger@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: rename the struct pt_regs members for 32/64-bit consistencyH. Peter Anvin
We have a lot of code which differs only by the naming of specific members of structures that contain registers. In order to enable additional unifications, this patch drops the e- or r- size prefix from the register names in struct pt_regs, and drops the x- prefixes for segment registers on the 32-bit side. This patch also performs the equivalent renames in some additional places that might be candidates for unification in the future. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: debugctlmsr arch_has_block_stepRoland McGrath
This implements user-mode step-until-branch on x86 using the BTF bit in MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR. It's just like single-step, only less so. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86 single_step: TIF_FORCED_TFRoland McGrath
This changes the single-step support to use a new thread_info flag TIF_FORCED_TF instead of the PT_DTRACE flag in task_struct.ptrace. This keeps arch implementation uses out of this non-arch field. This changes the ptrace access to eflags to mask TF and maintain the TIF_FORCED_TF flag directly if userland sets TF, instead of relying on ptrace_signal_deliver. The 64-bit and 32-bit kernels are harmonized on this same behavior. The ptrace_signal_deliver approach works now, but this change makes the low-level register access code reliable when called from different contexts than a ptrace stop, which will be possible in the future. The 64-bit do_debug exception handler is also changed not to clear TF from user-mode registers. This matches the 32-bit kernel's behavior. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: single_step: share codeRoland McGrath
This removes the single-step code from ptrace_32.c and uses the step.c code shared with the 64-bit kernel. The two versions of the code were nearly identical already, so the shared code has only a couple of simple #ifdef's. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: single_step 0xf0Roland McGrath
This fixes the 64-bit single-step handling code's instruction decoder to grok the 0xf0 (lock) prefix, which the 32-bit code already does correctly. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: single_step segment macrosRoland McGrath
This cleans up the single-step code to use the asm/segment.h macros for segment selector magic bits, rather than its own constant. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
2008-01-30x86: single_step movedRoland McGrath
This moves the single-step support code from ptrace_64.c into a new file step.c, verbatim. This paves the way for consolidating this code between 64-bit and 32-bit versions. Signed-off-by: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>